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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday resurrected Environmental Protection Agency rules targeting air pollution that drifts across state borders, handing the Obama administration a victory on one of its major environmental efforts. The agency for years, under two administrations, has struggled to carry out a directive under the federal Clean Air Act to protect downwind states from pollution generated in other states, mostly from coal-fired power plants. The EPA's rules from 2011 were challenged by a coalition of upwind states, including Virginia, and industry, which had prevailed in lower courts. But the Supreme Court justices ruled 6 to 2 that the latest effort could be...

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